Program Overview

World Literature Concentration

Introduction

The World Literature Concentration

The World Literature Concentration at Marymount Manhattan College offers students a diverse curriculum that includes texts from many continents and historical eras. This program helps students understand the world they live in and create the world they want to see.

Why Study Literature at MMC?

Reading can transport you across time and space in a personal and intimate journey. Our student-friendly, tight-knit program offers small classes, one-on-one independent studies, and exciting study abroad opportunities. We will take you on exciting journeys right here in New York City, from poetry slams at the Nuyorican Café to medieval courtyards at the Cloisters Museum.

Program Highlights

Literary New York

New York City bursts with literary history and culture. Learn more about NYC opportunities.

Career Readiness

Attention to career development is integrated into our curriculum. Develop critical reading, writing, research, and thinking skills essential for success in your academic work and professional lives.

Joint MS Program with Pace

MMC has a unique partnership with Pace University that allows up to two qualified students per year to begin pursuing their Master’s degree in Publishing while completing their undergraduate degree.

Careers and Outcomes

As a World Literature minor, you will be well prepared for numerous options after you graduate — from graduate school to careers in a wide range of professions.

Careers

• Technical Writer
• Social Media Manager
• Lawyer
• Teacher
• Editor
• Content Manager

The Carson Review

The mark of a thriving undergraduate creative writing program is in the eminence of its student literary magazine: The Carson Review is Marymount Manhattan College’s creative writing journal, published once a year in the spring.

Latest News

• Creative Writing Professor Katherine Damm Published, Awarded in The Iowa Review
• NPR Publishes Book Review by Writing Professor Tahneer Oksman
• Creative Writing Professor Jerry Williams Quoted in Time Magazine
• WLL Professor Cecilia Feilla Publishes Short Story, Book Chapter

Combine this concentration with…

• English and World Literatures Major
• Politics and Human Rights Minor
• Asian Studies Minor

Available as Minor

The World Literature Concentration is available as a minor.